Dear Congregation and Friends of St Mary,

Please find attached this week’s Benefice Newsletter and associated documents.

Holy Communion – Sunday 11th July.  Norma will be leading a service of Holy Communion in St John’s Church Fernham on Sunday.  The service begins at 9.30am.

Annual Parish Vestry Meeting and Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM).  The Annual Parish (Longcot with Fernham) Vestry meeting and APCM will be held on Wednesday 14th July at 7pm by Zoom (both online and by telephone).  The meeting is held in two parts and is then followed by a PCC meeting.  Anyone resident in the parish whose name is entered on the register of local government electors is welcome to attend the Vestry Meeting, but only those on the church electoral roll may attend the APCM which follows.  Anybody who wishes to serve on the PCC should contact Canon Paul or Norma as soon as possible  If you wish to attend either of the meetings then please contact Lucy Laird, the PCC Secretary, for details of how to join.  Her details are as follows:

Address: Lucy Laird, 32 Colton Road, Shrivenham SN6 8AZ
Telephone: 01793 783519
E-Mail address: shrivenham.ashbury.benefice@outlook.com<mailto:shrivenham.ashbury.benefice@outlook.com>

A copy of the agendas and the annual report are also attached to this e-mail.

Building Work in St Mary.  Work on the community space in St Mary continues apace and a formal site meeting to check progress will be held next week between the architect, builder and LVT representative (Keith).

Online Services. As usual the details of the Benefice sermons and online services for this Sunday can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/shrivenhamandashbury/.

Best Wishes,

Dennis

Church Warden St Mary The Virgin, Longcot